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Boredom and JudaismThursday, October 28, 2010 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Spiritual boredom, that is. According to Erica Brown, it needs to be embraced, and it also needs to be overcome.
Jews and Their HistoriansWednesday, October 27, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Over the last two centuries, Jewish identity has assumed an often bewildering variety of forms—religious, political, social, and cultural. One form, insufficiently recognized as such, is the study of Jewish identity, especially as filtered through Jewish history. Its main means of expression is the academic enterprise known as Jewish Studies, a field that in turn comprises a variety of specific schools and thinkers.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An interview with Martin Kramer on Iran's strengths, weaknesses, and strategic goals—and what to do about them.Homecomings
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new museum exhibition and a fresh edition and translation of The Glatstein Chronicles show how drastically the fates of American and Polish Jewry had diverged by the 1930's.Distorted Lens
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Ricki Hollander | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The news show 60 Minutes has joined the effort to delegitimize Israel's claim to Jerusalem through shoddy journalism.Diplomatic Cover-Up
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Jan Friedmann and Klaus Wiegrefe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
German diplomats were far more deeply involved in the Holocaust than had been thought—and then spent decades covering their tracks.Rogue Debate
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Yaniv Halili | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What happened when the prestigious Cambridge Union sponsored a debate titled "Israel is a Rogue State"? The side that was supposed to lose, won.Hayei Sarah: The Role of the Nameless
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Literarily speaking, this week's portion may seem a bit of a bust. Gone, at least temporarily, are the intense, symbolic, high signal-to-noise ratio stories that have until now made the Bible such a riveting read. This week, we contend with the long winds of Eliezer of Damascus, servant to Abraham. His story is dry and bizarrely repetitive.The God of Arthur Green
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 by Daniel Landes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A leading scholar and intellectual guru of the Jewish Renewal movement has devised a theology without a recognizable God of Israel, Torah of Israel, or people Israel.What Did Rabin Stand For?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 by Jeff Dunetz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The "dovish" prime minister's final thoughts about the Oslo process were to the right of the "hawkish" Netanyahu.